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in 1923, Gagnon bested the champion. A platform weighing 710 pounds was set up that could be lifted from above and also back lifted from below. Here are Gagnon's accomplishments with the platform:
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Among the Gagnon's alleged physical abilities are the following:
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243:Augusta, Me, Strong Man Lifts Two Tons
157:Two Hand and Knees Lift – 2,195 pounds
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303:Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths
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226:Merrill, Daphne Winslow. (1983).
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16:American strongman (1883–1939)
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136:World's Strongest Man contest
1135:20th-century American people
380:Edward William Barton-Wright
154:Two Hand Lift – 1,575 pounds
151:One Hand Lift – 1,111 pounds
1105:American male weightlifters
172:Two Arm Lift – 1,248 pounds
163:Harness Lift – 2,689 pounds
128:He died on May 4, 1939, in
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1110:American strength athletes
328:Francisco Amorós y Ondeano
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169:One Arm Lift – 924 pounds
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175:Back Lift – 4,170 pounds
160:Neck Lift – 1,317 pounds
148:Finger Lift – 794 pounds
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230:. Vantage Press. p. 214
166:Teeth Lift – 627 pounds
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1024:Battle of the Systems
868:Warren Lincoln Travis
633:Marie Bjelke Petersen
440:Edith Margaret Garrud
308:Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
142:Warren Lincoln Travis
140:In a contest against
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97:Gagnon did not drink
985:Seetharaman Sundaram
947:Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
932:Jatindra Charan Guho
828:Dudley Allen Sargent
450:George Hackenschmidt
313:Johann Baptist Krebs
485:Jørgen Peter Müller
248:Boston Sunday Globe
101:and abstained from
76:John Baptist Gagnon
23:John Baptist Gagnon
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843:Genevieve Stebbins
520:Clara Schlaffhorst
183:Physical abilities
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833:Larry Scott
818:Joe Rollino
728:Bob Hoffman
713:John Grimek
688:Mark Forest
550:Monte Saldo
505:Joan Rhodes
470:Thomas Inch
415:Tony Emmott
395:Victor Dane
296:Antecedents
55:May 4, 1939
1089:Categories
1034:Gymnastics
942:K. V. Iyer
873:Al Treloar
813:Leo Robert
803:Bill Pearl
793:Kid Parker
763:Gilman Low
643:Paul Bragg
618:Joe Bonomo
613:Mark Berry
480:Dan McLeod
390:Niels Bukh
211:References
66:Occupation
858:Vic Tanny
768:Dan Lurie
581:New World
540:Maxalding
475:John Lees
86:Biography
80:strongman
69:Strongman
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495:Reg Park
363:European
1054:Pilates
1017:Related
878:Turners
693:Ed Fury
557:Vulcana
355:Western
347:Systems
111:tobacco
99:alcohol
995:Tiruka
892:Indian
545:Maxick
103:coffee
967:Yogic
525:Sokol
115:milk
109:and
52:Died
38:Born
107:tea
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